The priest's garden

" The Garden of the priest"  

Within this framework unique and perfectly situated in the town of Elche is the Hueto del Cura, melting pot of love for work in the manger Levantine, for beauty, are the inhabitants of this land. Elche is called Garden In a plot of land of lesser or greater extention, planted with palms.Each garden often has a name alluding to the owner or any historical anecdotes. El Huerto del Cura is the chaplain his  Jose Castano Sanches, who was the owner priest until 1918.The garden of the priest is of modest size, only 13,000 square meters and about 1,000 lived palms. It can be considered a grove of date palms densely populated undisputed protagonists with crops typical of the area. Besides the palm trees in this garden living other typical Spanish Mediterranean, such as lemon, orange, pomegranate and azafaifos, along with other subtropical climate over time has been a beautiful collection of plants from different. Other Curiosities, in the promenade of the priest's garden beds can admire several botanical specimens.  There are other palms of several arms, but at this, growth has taken place from the base, as seen in the groups known as "Peacock" and "L'alba.

The Rockery

One of the areas currently more interest among the visitors of the garden is the Rock Garden and plants with a fine collection of cacti and succulent plants, typical of the drier regions of our planet and that have adapted to this land. For counted and near the rock you can admire several ponds that add a touch of freshness and peace sound and silence that prevails in this garden.